municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality' ...
in the district of
Surselva
Surselva Region is one of the eleven administrative districts in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland. It was created on 1 January 2017 as part of a reorganization of the canton.canton of Graubünden in
Switzerland
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Morissen
Morissen () is a former Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Surselva (district), Surselva in the Switzerland, Swiss Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Graubünden. The municipalities of Cumbel, Degen, Switzerland, Degen, ...
Vrin
Vrin () is a village and a former municipality in the Lumnezia. It belonged to the circle of Lugnez/Lumnezia in the district of Surselva in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland. The municipalities of Cumbel, Degen, Lumbrein, Morissen, ...
merged on 1 January 2013 into the new municipality of
Lumnezia
Lumnezia is a valley region and a municipality in the Surselva Region in the Swiss of canton of Graubünden. The former municipalities of Cumbel, Degen, Lumbrein, Morissen, Suraua, Vignogn, Vella, and Vrin merged on 1 January 2013 into the ...
Vignogn is first mentioned in 1325 as ''Vinanne''. In 1469 it was mentioned as ''Viends''.
Geography
Vignogn had an area, , of . Of this area, 57.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 31.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 2.7% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (8.6%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).
The former municipality is located in the Lugnez sub-district of the Surselva district. It consists of the
linear village
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* linearity of a '' function'' (or '' mapping'');
* linearity of a ''polynomial''.
An example of a linear function is the function defined by f(x)= ...
of Vignogn at an elevation of at the foot of the
Piz Sezner
Piz Sezner (2,310 m) is a mountain of the Swiss Lepontine Alps, overlooking Obersaxen in the canton of Graubünden. It is located between the main Rhine valley and the Val Lumnezia.
In winter, the mountain is part of a ski area. A cable car s ...
. Until 1983 Vignogn was known as Vigens.
Demographics
Vignogn had a population (as of 2011) of 170.Swiss Federal Statistics Office – STAT-TAB ''Ständige und Nichtständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Region, Geschlecht, Nationalität und Alter'' accessed 3 October 2012 , 0.6% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -14%. Most of the population () speaks Romansh (88.8%), with German being second most common (10.1%) and French being third ( 0.6%).Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 25-Nov-2009
, the gender distribution of the population was 53.0% male and 47.0% female.Graubunden in Numbers accessed 21 September 2009 The age distribution, , in Vignogn is; 11 children or 6.1% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 21 teenagers or 11.7% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 26 people or 14.5% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 13 people or 7.3% are between 30 and 39, 22 people or 12.3% are between 40 and 49, and 37 people or 20.7% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 27 people or 15.1% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 8 people or 4.5% are between 70 and 79, there are 11 people or 6.1% who are between 80 and 89, and there are 3 people or 1.7% who are between 90 and 99.Graubunden Population Statistics accessed 21 September 2009
In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the CVP which received 71.4% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SVP (13.4%), the FDP (8.7%) and the SP (6.5%).
In Vignogn about 55.1% of the population (between age 25–64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a ''
Fachhochschule
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Vignogn has an unemployment rate of 1.06%. , there were 36 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 15 businesses involved in this sector. 8 people are employed in the
secondary sector
In macroeconomics, the secondary sector of the economy is an economic sector in the three-sector theory that describes the role of manufacturing. It encompasses industries that produce a finished, usable product or are involved in constructi ...
and there are 3 businesses in this sector. 18 people are employed in the
tertiary sector
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, with 8 businesses in this sector.
The historical population is given in the following table:
Notable residents
* Carmen Casanova, Women's Alpine Skier (born 1980 in Vignogn)